Railway-rail-fastening device.



' E. T. FORD & W. H. MAUL. RAILWAY RAIL FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATIONIILBD 110V. 7, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Application filed November 7, 1910. Serial No. 591,048.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, EDWARD T. Form and \VILLIAM H. MAUL, citizens ofthe United States, residing, respectively, at Pikeville, in the countyof Darke, State of Ohio, and

Bradford, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail-Fastening Devices;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in means forfastening railway rails to ties and anchoring the latter securely to theground.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

Vi e illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a top plan view of our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe tie. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the tie and plate uponwhich the rail rests. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the plateupon which the rail rests, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view ofthe split spike.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letters, Adesignates a metallic tie having a flanged top and inclined flanges A.projecting downward from the central web portion of the tie as shown andhaving apertures B therein for the reception of spikes. Said flange ofthe tie is provided with oppositely disposed recesses F and apertures H.

I designates a plate having a shouldered portion 1 upon its upper faceand lugs N projecting from the under surface and the corners thereof,which lugs N are adapted to seat in the recesses F to hold the platefrom longitudinal or lateral movement. The plate I is also provided withapertures O for the reception of the spikes R, each of which has a headof the usual type used in fastening rails to ties, but the shank portionof the spike is split, forming two portions which, when driven in to thematerial in which the tie is embedded or anchored, are adapted to spreadand thereby securely hold the spike in place. A railway rail, designatedby lotter R, is provided with flanges engaged by said spikes R, one ofwhich, when fastening means is applied thereto, is adapted to contactwith said shoulder. Said spikes are passed through the registeringapertures in the plate and flanges of the tie, the latter first beingembedded with the inclined flanges thereof in the soil as shown in thedrawings. As the spike is driven down into, the material which anchorsand holds the tie to the ground, the spreading of the ends of the spikewill have a tendency to securely hold the latter in place.

What we claim to be new is l. A fastening for railway rails comprising atie having inclined flanges adapted to be embedded in the soil, ahorizontally dis posed top with recesses in the opposite edges thereof,a plate having a shoulder upon its upper face and lugs projecting fromits op posite face adapted to engage the recesses in the opposite edgesof the top of the tie. and spikes passing through registering aperturesin the plate and tie and adapted to engage the flange of the railwayrail.

2. A fastening for railway rails compris ing a tie having inclinedflanges adapted to be embedded in the soil, a horizontally disposed topwith recesses in the opposite edges thereof, a plate having a shoulderupon its upper face and lugs projecting from its opposite face adaptedto engage the recesses in the opposite edges of the top of the tie,spikes having split shank portions adapted to be passed throughregistering apertures in the plate and tie and spread by the materialunderneath the tie.

3. In combination with a tie having horizontally disposed and inclinedflanges with registering apertures, the opposite edges of thehorlzontally disposed flanges of the tie provided with recesses, a platehavour signatures in the presence of two Witing lugs projecting from itsunder surface nesses.

and engaging said recesses and apertured, EDWVARD T. FORD. headed spikespassing through registering WILLIAM H. MAUL.

a apertures in the flanges of the tie and said Witnesses:

plate. FRANK DILL,

In testnnony whereof We hereunto aflix W. H. DILL.

